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CHILD MIND
INSTITUTE RAISES RECORD-BREAKING $7 MILLION AT CHILD ADVOCACY
AWARD DINNER HONORING
NANCY AND FRED POSES
Event
Featured Hosts Al Roker and Deborah Roberts and
Distinguished Scientist Dr. Kenneth A. Dodge of Duke University
(New York, NY
– Nov. 21, 2016) The
Child Mind Institute raised over $7 million and honored
philanthropists Nancy and Fred Poses and Duke University
professor Kenneth A. Dodge, PhD, at its seventh annual Child
Advocacy Award Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street
Monday night.
“Over the years, I have had the great opportunity
to get to know Fred and Nancy,” said Ram Sundaram, a Child Mind
Institute board member. “I have seen first-hand their
extraordinary commitment to ensuring that families, especially
those with children who have learning disorders, have access to
the support and resources they need to thrive.”
Nancy and Fred Poses were honored for their deep
commitment to children and families. Through the Poses Family
Foundation, they spearheaded the creation of Understood.org, a
comprehensive free online resource for parents of children with
learning and attention issues along with 14 other founding
nonprofit partners, including the Child Mind Institute.
“We are honored to receive this award,” said
Nancy Poses. “The Child Mind Institute ensures that families who
are at sea get to experience a lighter, brighter day.”
The event, hosted by Al Roker and Deborah
Roberts, raises critical funds that will allow the Child Mind
Institute to continue transforming the lives of children and
families struggling with mental health and learning disorders.
“We stand here tonight not just as parents, but
as soldiers in the fight to recognize and invest in good mental
health care for all children,” Roberts said.
Kenneth A. Dodge, PhD, the William McDougall
Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and
Neuroscience at Duke University, was presented with the 2017
Child Mind Institute Distinguished Scientist Award in honor of
his work as a leading scholar in the development and prevention
of conduct disorder and aggressive and violent behaviors.
The Child Advocacy Award Dinner also spotlighted
the stories of families who have worked with the Child Mind
Institute to overcome mental health and learning disorders.
“At the Child Mind Institute, we have the
privilege and the honor to help children and families who have
inspirational courage — to act through the fear and the stigma
and the denial,” said Child Mind Institute Founding President
Harold Koplewicz, MD. “We want every family to have access to
the most effective treatment and to the information and
understanding that breaks through barriers and brings hope.”
The evening concluded with a lively auction led
by Lydia Fenet of Christie’s, which raised a record breaking
amount of funds for the Child Mind Institute’s financial aid
program. Notable celebrity attendees include actors Kyle
Maclachlan and Brian Stokes Mitchell and Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
Both the Child Advocacy Award and the
Distinguished Scientist Award were designed and donated by
Michael Aram.
Benefit chairs
included: Andreas
C. Dracopoulos; Elizabeth
and Michael Fascitelli; Debra
G. Perelman and Gideon Gil; Julie
and Edward J. Minskoff; Brooke
Garber Neidich and Daniel Neidich; Linnea
and George Roberts; Preethi
Krishna and Ram Sundaram
Dinner chairs
included: Eig
Family Foundation; Jen
and Jon Harris; Elaine
Thomas and Joseph Healey; Christine
and Richard Mack; Anne
Welsh McNulty; Valerie
Mnuchin; Danyelle
and Josh Resnick; Eileen
and Brian Riano; Zibby
Schwarzman; Abigail
Pogrebin and David Shapiro.
Additional
Benefit leadership included: Jeanne
and Gerry Andlinger; Roxanne
and Scott Bok; Colleen
Foster and Chris Canavan; Stephanie
J. and Robert Stephan Cohen; Suzanne
and Matthew Donohoe; Jerome
Karr; Anne
Keating; Roberta
Kaplan and Rachel Lavine; Mindy
Schneider and Michael Lesser; Tammy
and Jay Levine; Joella
and John Lykouretzos; Ali
Meli; Jamie
and David Mitchell; Roxanne
and Dean Palin; Kim
and Ralph Rosenberg; Silvercup
Studios; Tony
Spring/Bloomingdale’s; Colleen
and Ehren Stenzler; Christine
and Tom Tormey.
About the
Child Mind Institute
The Child
Mind Institute is
an independent nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of
children and families struggling with mental health and learning
disorders. Our teams work every day to deliver the highest
standards of care, advance the science of the developing brain,
and empower parents, professionals and policymakers to support
children when and where they need it most. Together with our
supporters, we’re helping children reach their full potential in
school and in life. We share our resources freely and do not
accept funding from the pharmaceutical industry. Learn more at childmind.org.
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